The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

There is no joy without hardship. If not for death, would we appreciate life? If not for hate, would we know the ultimate goal is love? At these moments you can either hold on to negativity and look for blame, or you can choose to heal and keep on loving.

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.

My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live.

We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count.